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Post by coachthespread on Oct 3, 2008 12:27:07 GMT -6
A coach in our state was fired last saturday. he was 8-4 last year and has 4 straight playoff experiences. He was 3-1 this season. He got a phone call saturday morning letting him know he was fired. I first thought he must have done something stupid, but no!!! all the school board and principle is saying they wanted to go in another direction. i spoke with a friend close to the situation and he said that they fired him for no reason. there is nothing he did. can you believe this?  ? crazy!!!! |
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Post by bulldogoption on Oct 3, 2008 12:37:00 GMT -6
all the school board and principle is saying they wanted to go in another direction. usually what they say when they don't really want to say....... could be legit OR could be someone's axe to grind....all I'm suggesting is that is usually what I've heard when there is a long list of reasons OR they don't want to say their reasons since they won't hold up Was the guy warned? Did they follow due process? He may have a case if things are on the up and up. |
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Post by airman on Oct 3, 2008 15:02:07 GMT -6
As some one who was in this situation I did the following
1. I was calm even though I wanted to kill them.
2. my next phone call was to a lawyer
3. I sent a copy of my contract to the lawyer and My school contract. he wanted to see what the protocol was for termination of a coach.
4. the lawyer requested that I get my termination in writing.
the lawyer then requested a meeting with the school board. however they where chicken. we went to court. got an injunction against the board. we also used those who supported me.
lets say by the time we where done there was a new school board in town, the principal was non renewed by the new school board and the school superintendent barely kept his job.
the lawyer put it bluntly and said you will never get your job back. what we are seeking is compensation and a letter of recommendation.
I never sign a contract with a school now with out a lawyer Reading it first. in fact the lawyer i now retain negotiates contracts for me.
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Post by coachorr on Oct 3, 2008 18:02:56 GMT -6
WOW Ariman, great story.
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Post by Bill Vasko on Oct 4, 2008 13:01:22 GMT -6
A lot of times there is more to the story than what is on the surface. As a former HS athletic director, I know that the public really has no clue what may be behind decisions that are made.
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Post by fbdoc on Oct 4, 2008 13:42:33 GMT -6
Maxx hit it on the head - you never know what is behind some firings. After 7 years at my previous school with just 1 non winning season I was given the "different direction" speech. I had been the AD/HFC for 5 years and then took the Dean position. The steady improvement that the athletic dept had shown suddenly stopped with the new AD who as my former assistant AD (head basketball coach). He somehow got the ear of the headmaster and completely stabbed me in the back. I'm now the AD at another school and it is a huge step up in virtually every way! And the "different direction" is now 1-4 after 5 games including losses to 3 teams that we had never, ever, lost to. I feel bad for the kids, who still talk to me, but my prideful side is smiling.
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